Abstract: The implementation of government legislation, social responsibility, environmental concerns regarding the reduction of waste, hazardous material and other consumer residuals have made the competition between the firms stricter than ever and nowadays firms that want to survive need a more productive and innovative approach toward the financial aspects of their businesses.his pape...

hysteresis has been widely recognized in the soil water relationship. in this paper, a detailed review of hysteresis was performed in relation to its models. so far, different models have been suggested to describe hysteresis in the water retention curve (wrc) that could be categorized into two main groups: conceptual and empirical models. the models in the first group are based on the domain t...

This study aims to further the understanding of how innovative moments (IMs), which are exceptions to a client's problematic self-narrative in the therapy dialogue, progress to the construction of a new self-narrative, leading to successful psychotherapy. The authors' research strategy involved tracking IMs, and the themes expressed therein (or protonarratives), and analysing the dynamic relati...

strategic entrepreneurship is the intersection of entrepreneurship research and strategic management. there is no consensus on the definition, dimensions and constituent elements and a few models have limitations. the aim of this paper is to review previous studies with an emphasis on empirical evidence, to summarize them in an innovative framework to make a greater understanding of strategic e...

In construction industry, refurbishment is an alternativewayto upgrade the lifespan of existing infrastructure. The approach has been widely used even though it seems riskier, complex, and more difficult than constructing new projects. Despite several risk-management tools are available, a high level uncertainties, risks requirements for commercial projects have not reduced becomes challenging....